Police have released details of their call-outs to incidents during after-prom parties held near the Creg ny Baa corner.

Last month, teenagers who planned to stage the parties cancelled the events after being warned they would need a fire certificate.

The force issued the warning ahead of school leavers’ proms and after-prom parties planned for year 11 students (ages 15 and 16) that had been due to take place between 11pm and 4am on various dates over the past fortnight near Creg ny Baa corner on the Mountain Road.

Police and fire services spoke to the organisers, who were pupils aged 15 or 16 years.

They said that given the parties’ growing popularity, they must now be considered as public entertainment events, which require a fire certificate and a music licence.

Details, released following a Freedom of Information request, reveal that there have been 10 police call-outs since 2016 to events held at Creg * Baa corner.

There were two police call-outs last year, seven in 2017 and one the year before.

The two incidents last year both involved allegations of assault.

In 2017, incidents involved a child at risk, three cases of suspicious circumstances and one alcohol-related offence.

Police said in its FoI response: ’The event was not "banned" by the joint agencies.

The organisers took the decision that they were unable to continue with their event and risk breaking key aspects of the law in respect of fire safety certificates and music and entertainment licensing.

’The decision was theirs following the advice about the requirements of the law and has been reviewed by a police superintendent.’

Police said the focus of the joint advice and decision with the organisers was consistent with the aim of keeping people safe and making sure that events have the requisite safety precautions in place and comply with the law.

There is a process for planning of events which is the Event Safety Group, it added. Chief Constable Gary Roberts tweeted the organisers’ decision had ’sadly, been the right one’.

Risks

He recognised that it was an ’emotive issue’ for so many young people and their parents - and his own daughters looked forward to the after prom events more than the prom itself.

Police said the young people who had organised the events had done a fantastic job and they should be ’immensely proud of themselves’.

But they said the proposed location and nature of the parties posed several risks and it would be ’irresponsible’ for the emergency services to ignore those risks.

’This will be extremely disappointing to those students,’ they added.

’However, the safety of the children is paramount.’